There has been a general shortage of expertise in networking. And we have to expect our sites to be less knowledgable in the future. So either the network breaks, or we make our system more robust.
Predictor: Partridge, Craig
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 online group discussion, Craig Partridge made the following observation: ”There are folks working on making very, very fast implementations, and they are getting burned by protocol-design issues. Regarding designing for the future. I think you may be right that we’re ahistorical (shocking!- I’m a former medievalist), but I still think that designing for the high end of today’s technology is the right approach. The future is only 18 months away (next rev. of CPUs) … Actually, we’re not trying to be snobbish. There has been a general shortage of expertise in networking. And we have to expect our sites to be less knowledgable in the future. So either the network breaks, or we make our system more robust.”
Biography:Craig Partridge developed Mail Exchanger (MX) records in 1986 to allow non-IP network hosts to have domain addresses. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: August 4, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Netsys.com
Title, headline, chapter name: IETF 1994 Archives, Re: IPng Recommendation
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.netsys.com/ietf/1994/1653.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Ritz, Nathan M.